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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2001
Frances C Brown, Austin, TX (US);
Susan Crayne, Hartsdale, NY (US);
Samuel R. Detweiler, Austin, TX (US);
Peter Gustav Fairweather, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Vicki Lynne Hanson, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Richard Scott Schwerdtfeger, Round Rock, TX (US);
Beth Rush Tibbitts, Lexington, KY (US);
Sharon Mary Trewin, Sleepy Hollow, NY (US);
Frances C Brown, Austin, TX (US);
Susan Crayne, Hartsdale, NY (US);
Samuel R. Detweiler, Austin, TX (US);
Peter Gustav Fairweather, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Vicki Lynne Hanson, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Richard Scott Schwerdtfeger, Round Rock, TX (US);
Beth Rush Tibbitts, Lexington, KY (US);
Sharon Mary Trewin, Sleepy Hollow, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system that provide a central repository for client specific accessibility applications to a user from an accessible server. The repository is updated on a periodic basis with new solutions provided by the service provider, who also manages licensing agreements between the user and the owner of the accessibility application. Accessibility programs, such as page magnification, screen readers, background changes, input modification, etc., are downloaded into the client device being used by the user customer by clicking link buttons from a web page generated by the service provider's server. The accessibility programs downloaded are then resident on the client device until changed by the user. In a preferred embodiment, the service provider also provides a universal transcoding service to apply the user selected accessibility transformations to any type of client device used by the user.